Qaasuitsup Kommunia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Municipality of Greenland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() Location of Qaasuitsup within Greenland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital | Ilulissat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
• Coordinates | 69°13′N 51°06′W / 69.217°N 51.100°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
• 2015 | 660,000 km2 (250,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
• 2015 | 17,168 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
• Established | 1 January 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 31 December 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Population data:;[1] ISO code: GL-QA; Calling code: +299 |
Qaasuitsup (Greenlandic pronunciation: [qaːsuitt͡sup̚], Place of Polar Darkness) was a municipality in Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009[2] to 31 December 2017.[3] As of January 2015, its population was 17,168.[1] The administrative centre of the municipality was in Ilulissat (formerly called Jakobshavn).